Al Masad
Chapter 111, 5 verses
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Shakir
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Yusuf Ali
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Arabic
Shakir
Perdition overtake both hands of Abu Lahab, and he will perish.
Yusuf Ali
Perish the hands of the Father of Flame! Perish he!
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تبت يدا أبي لهب وتب
Shakir
His wealth and what he earns will not avail him.
Yusuf Ali
No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains!
Arabic
ما أغنى عنه ماله وما كسب
Shakir
He shall soon burn in fire that flames,
Yusuf Ali
Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of Blazing Flame!
Arabic
سيصلى نارا ذات لهب
Shakir
And his wife, the bearer of fuel,
Yusuf Ali
His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood - As fuel! -
Arabic
وامرأته حمالة الحطب
Shakir
Upon her neck a halter of strongly twisted rope.
Yusuf Ali
A twisted rope of palm - leaf fibre round her (own) neck!
Arabic
في جيدها حبل من مسد